Some indie mobile games are great (Nameless cat, Zombie catchers (before being aquired by DECA), Simon Tatham's puzzles, foss fdroid games (Simple Solitare), Cookie clicker, etc.
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Flow Free is easily the best mobile game of all time, maybe the best video game of all time /hj
Hey, I like that game. What's wrong with it?
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I enjoy Magic: the Gathering Arena. And there are a few decent rogue likes
This really upsets me and periodically bums me out. I used to like trawling through the top lists to see the various games that were on mobile. This is back in like 2011-2013. Typically monetization was either a free/premium version split, or an energy system. Now it's beyond 99% garbage with 99% of the last 1% being ports. The 1 of 1? Slice and Dice, that game rocks.
The only games I ever have on my phone now are gachas and paid for games.
Also, I agree that Slice and Dice is awesome. I got the itch version which came with both android and linux versions.
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Dicey Dungeons is an example of a game that I think is actually BETTER on mobile (cheaper too). Awesome game, and the touch controls really streamline it.
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Good mobile game = ports from PC games and emulators
miHoYo games could be so much more if they are PC/Console games instead of mobile.
The only truly mobile game that I can think of that I can say is good is Pokemon GO, and I don't even like it but is the only game that truly uses the uniqueness of the mobile platform as a game feature.
I, for the love of God, cannot play Genshin on mobile. The controls are absolutely garbage. On PC tho, it is really good.
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Pokemon Go was good enough that I didn't even mind that it was a NSA plot!
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Old-school RuneScape being on mobile makes it the best mobile game of all time
OSRS just feels like it was meant for mobile even playing as a kid. Loving the mobility of no exp waste now
Besides some small things like Sudoku or Crossword, OSRS is the only game on my phone
There's an insane number of PC ports. You can play Myst or GTA SA.
On the multiplayer side, genshin is very much your traditional MMO, if you like that. You can also play Eve or Hades star.
In terms of a competitive scene for years we had vainglory (forever in our hearts), and now we have LoL wild rift.
Genshin is more your traditional singleplayer Gacha with MMO elements in my opinion. Also the first successful open-world Gacha so it gets some brownie points for that.
Yea but touch screen controls are the worst. I hate using those virtual joysticks
I got mini metro on my PC. Felt like that would have been a great game to have on a phone
It's on mobile.
Mobile gaming is awful these days. The vast majority are just cash grabs.
That said I look forward to Balatro being released
The secret is to find one that works on aeroplane mode
With a bit of know-how, you can make a mobile version that works quite well: https://github.com/blake502/balatro-mobile-maker
"These days?" As if it was ever good?
I remember playing Perfect Cell on iOS when I was younger and having a really great time
Before it went f2p, yeah. Angry bird, pvz port, world of goo, ridiculous fishing, all fun stuff
It was in the early days of the Apple App Store. Games were 59p to buy. No in-app purchases and were generally good indie titles. "Helsing's Fire" comes to mind. Miss that game!
Well, it is kinda true. Many old games I had on my phone that were free and didn't have ads, in the last few years have received updates to do literally nothing, but include ads. So "these days" is the case for some.
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If you have android you can run some pc games on it but not everything runs